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Contributing Institution:
California State University Stanislaus Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Turlock Assembly Center newsletter
source:
Turlock Assembly Center
Identifier/Call Number: TAC.001.CaTurCSU
Physical Description:
7 Issues
Original analog copies are located at the U.C. Berkeley University Library. Following is the collection record: https://search.library.berkeley.edu/permalink/01UCS_BER/iqob43/alma991049985529706532
Date (inclusive): 1942 June-July
Material Specific Details: Title of newsletter varies and may also be referred to as Fume.
Language of Material:
English
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On February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066. This order led to the forced internment of Japanese
Americans, most of whom were United States citizens.
3,699 innocent men, women, and children were incarcerated at the Turlock Assembly Center on the Stanislaus County Fairgrounds
between April 30th and August 12th of 1942, due to the order. Internees were from the Sacramento River Delta and Los Angeles
areas. They were eventually relocated to the Gila River internment camp located in the Arizona desert, remaining there until
the end of WWII in 1945.
This collection of 7 issues was produced between June 3rd and July 17th of 1942. The newsletter's content covers theatrical
performances, facility services, baseball game competitions and statistics, and overall morale and living conditions. It
is unclear to what extent the newsletter content may have been directed by forces outside of the interred residents.
Collection is open for research.
See also the Nisaburo Aibara collection: https://digitalarchives.csustan.edu/repositories/2/resources/5
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Forced removal and internment of Japanese Americans (1942-1945)
Turlock Assembly Center
Turlock Assembly Center